Ecclesiastes 8:5
Whoso keepeth the commandment shall know no evil thing; and a wise man's heart discerneth time and judgment.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
4Forasmuch as the king's word hath power; and who may say unto him: 'What doest thou?'
6For to every matter there is a time and judgment; for the evil of man is great upon him.
Cross References
Exodus 1:20And God dealt well with the midwives; and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.
Psalms 119:6Then should I not be ashamed, when I have regard unto all Thy commandments.
Ecclesiastes 2:14The wise man, his eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness. And I also perceived that one event happeneth to them all.
Ecclesiastes 10:2A wise man's understanding is at his right hand; but a fool's understanding at his left.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 8:2-6
The Excellence of Wisdom; The Duty of Subjects. 1 Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed. 2 I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God. 3 Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him. 4 Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou? 5 Whoso keepeth the… Read the whole commentary →